DUTCH POLITICIAN CAUSES A STIR IN LONDON.A RIGHT-WING Dutch politician who compared the Koran to Hitler's book Mein Kampf Mein Kampf Adolf Hitler’s autobiography, including his theories on treatment of the Jews. [Ger. Hist.: Mein Kampf] See : Anti-Semitism sparked protests yesterday as he arrived in the UK. Police held back a crowd of Muslim demonstrators as Geert Wilders met Ukip peer Lord Pearson opposite the Houses of Parliament Houses of Parliament: see Westminster Palace. . Explaining his controversial views on Islam, he said: "I have a problem with the Islamic ideology, the Islamic culture, because I feel that the more Islam that we get in our societies, the less freedom that we get." The leader of the Dutch Freedom Party was allowed into Britain after overturning a Government decision to bar him. It was feared his outspoken views on Islam could spark religious violence, but this was rejected by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) is a tribunal constituted in the United Kingdom with jurisdiction to hear appeals from many immigration and asylum decisions. It was created on 4 April 2005, replacing the former Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA). . CAPTION(S): CONTROVERSY Dutch MP Geert Wilders addresses a chaotic press conference in Westminster yesterday. |
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